Issuing Company: Boys Cinema
Country of Issue: England
Year of Issue: 1933
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set: 12
Card Size:
Issued as insert with what product: Magazine

Notes: Blank-backed. This is a series of 12 postcards that were issued in a paper wallet
named "The Boy's Cinema Wallet." Text on the front of the wallet reads "12 art plates of
Famous Stars" although the pictures are photographs. On the back of the wallet is more
detailed text regarding each star. Numbers for each star are given on the back of the
wallet but not on the postcards themselves. Note that the numbers from the wallet are
listed in the checklist below.

Date info: From looking at issues of Boy's Cinema magazine, these were issued weekly for 12
weeks starting on February 4, 1933 and ending on April 20, 1933. On February 4, the first
card was issued along with the paper wallet.

Thanks to Richard Minns for most of the information for this checklist. Richard notes that
he purchased this item from Australia, so maybe it was issued in that country.

(1) Buck Jones in "White Eagle" (Wallet text reads Buck Jones, of Columbia Fame, in
"White Eagle.")
(2) Ralph Graves, Lila Lee and Jack Holt (Wallet text gives the three names followed
by "in Soldiers of Fortune.")
(3) Gary Cooper and a Pet Chimpanzee (Wallet text reads Gary Cooper and a baby chimpanzee
he caught whilst hunting big game in Africa.)
(4) Ralph Lynn and Tom Walls (Wallet text reads Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn, the famous English
Comedy Pair.)
(5) Joan Crawford (Joan Crawford, famous and charming as a Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer heroine.)
(6) Tony, Tom Mix and Tony Junior (Tom Mix and his horses. Tony (left) injured in "Hidden Gold"
retires in favour of Tony, jnr.)
(7) Jack Hulbert (Jack Hulbert, who has scored successes in comedy on the English stage and on
the screen.)
(8) Wallace Beery and his favourite Plane – horizontal card shows long shot of Beery by plane,
top left a close up of Beery’s face in circular box. (Wallet text reads (Wallace Beery, famous
Metro Star, also renowned as an air ace.)
(9) Joan Blondell (Joan Blondell, a delightful heroine, who has starred in many action pictures
for First National.)
(10) Rex Bell (Rex Bell – The Rodeo Star with his favourite horse.)
(11) Laurel and Hardy – horizontal card of them, head and shoulders only. (Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy, the famous laughter-makers.)
(12) Tom Keene (Tom Keene, the famous dare-devil cowboy star.)